Hall of Fame Members

The inaugural class of the WNC Sports Hall of Fame, inducted May 7, 1978 at Great Smokies Hilton as part of the 20th annual WNC Sports Awards Banquet (from left) Charlie “Choo Choo” Justice, Mrs. Pat Werth, in honor of her late husband Freddy Crawford, HOF president George Chumbley, Jr., Tony Waldrop and Dan Hill. Class member Billy Joe Patton not in photo.

1978 Inductees

Fred Crawford

1933 Consensus All-America tackle/end at DukeWaynesville native first from N.C. to earn such honorCollege Football Hall of Fame member, 1973

Dan Hill Jr.

Four members of the 1978 original 11-person board of directors for the WNC Hall (from left) president George Chumbley Jr., Gene Ochsenreiter Jr., treasurer Stan Cocke and vice-president Dr. Wayne Montgomery.

Charlie “Choo Choo “ Justice

Heisman Trophy runner-up at North Carolina, 1948-49Ex-Asheville High tailback set UNC total offense record (1946-49) that stood 45 yearsFormer Washington Redskin first WNC Hall inductee